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Friday, 12 June 2015

Gaming News from Neoscream: 12th June 2015

Welcome to the “Gaming News from Neoscream”. This is
my weekly gaming news post for miniature games, RPGs, some card games, my
painting and upcoming local events.

“Gaming News”

First off we have the HeroClix news. We got previews of:
Kamion Wizard, Hayabusa Knight Seiyaryu, Petit Angel and Spirit of the Harp
from Yu-Gi-Oh Series Three; and Protector from Marvel Age of Ultron Event. I will be doing a list of what I have from Marvel Avengers Assemble at a later date. Maybe Sunday.

Next
is the Mantic news. With DreadBall Xtreme, they have shown off the four new
giants and four new Sponsors from Xtreme. Wave three should start shipping the same time as the
Deadzone Infestation goes up, which is 22nd of June.

The Drowned

Now for the Home Raiders news. The KickStarter ended
on Sunday. They made £26,098 with 374 Backers. They sadly din not unlocked
since last week’s post. The stretch goal that were not unlocked were: The faction “Freeloaders” with their faction
starter set as an add-on at £30k; and a Freeloaders Booster with the Archivists
and the Keeper of the flaming stick as an add-on at £33k.

Next is the Wyrd Games news. This week in the Monday
preview, we got two new renders. The first was of the Drowned and the second
was of the Silent One.

The Silent One

Now for the Ninja Division news. The pledge manager
for Ninja All-Stars is now open.

With Robotech RPG Tactics, they have set-up a ordering
system were backers can order the Convention Exclusive figures and a bunch of
new figures from a third party. These are basic Earth Defence units like tanks
and Infantry. These new figures will come with the cards to use them. They are
also having an issue with scale with future expansions. The game is currently
6mm, however they have now realised that this will be a problem scale for the
Robotech shows based after the first series (especially the Cyclones). They are
planning on doing a poll to see what they should do: Stick to 6mm, change to
10/15mm, do the other stuff at 10/15mm, make the game in too scales 6mm and
10/15mm to name what I know.

Next is the Zero Agents news. Since last week they
have manage to unlock: Nothing.

With the stretch goals all they revealed that there is
one at $65k and one at $70k. However they have revealed that there will be
another Expansion set for the game that is Magic based called Mystic Arts that
will be an add-on and a cross over figure of Candy from Soda Miniatures. Mystic
Arts will get one Agent (Gemini-0), one Boss (The Sorceress) and Level two
Minions (Magician).

Now for the Privateer Press news. They have revealed
the date for the June releases. It will be June 17th. There will be:
the Warmachine Reckoning book; the Khador Unit Iron Fang Pikemen/Black Dragons
with Unit Attachment; the Circle Cavalry Unit Tharn Wolf Riders; the Skorne
Heavy Warbeast Extreme Titan Gladiator; the No Quarter Presents special “Forces
of Distinction”; and the Retribution of Scyrah Army Box.

Next is the Cool Mini or Not news. Zombicide is back
on KickStarter and this time it a new game, the Black Plague. It basically
plays like the original Zombicide but with some major changes. There is now a
Necromancer for the survivors to defeat and survivor cards are different. It is
a dashboard that I showed off last month. It also on the KickStarter is the
expansion for it, Wulfsburg, which adds Wolves and a Werewolf to the game. Even
thou all the man mechanics are the same, it is not compatible with the Original
Zombicide what so ever (like Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000, but not as
extreme). It has done hugely well in the first day, well it made one million in
one day. WOW! I have not really backed it (apart from the $1 to follow it for
updates) as I own the original game and it takes up a lot of space.

There are two main Pledge levels. The first is
“Huntsman” which originally comes with comes with the Zombicide: Black Plague box
game and Hero Box 1. The second one is “Knight” which originally comes with
comes with the Zombicide: Black Plague box game, Hero Box 1, the expansion Zombicide:
Wulfsburg and the KickStarter exclusive survivor Gowan.

Since starting they have managed to unlock: Funded the game; free campaigns for Black
Plague and Wulfsburg; a map editor (most likely an upgrade to the standard
Zombicide one); five more Zombie Walkers were added to both pledge levels; the
KickStarter exclusive survivors Lucas, James, Hitch, Mortuner, William, Danton,
Tray, Evil Tray, Falstaff, Montalban, Xuxa and Morgan were added to both pledge
levels; four more Zombie Runners were added to both pledge levels; four more
Zombie Fatties were added to both pledge levels; three more Wolfz were added to
both pledge levels; both the Marc Simonetti and Paul Bonner Special Guest Boxes
for Zombicide Black Plague were added to both pledge levels; an extra
Necromancer was added to both pledge levels; an extra Abomination was added to
both pledge levels; a KickStarter Exclusive first player metal coin was added
to both pledge levels; four KickStarter Exclusive headless N.P.C. zombies based
on Eddard Stark was added to both pledge levels; an extra Wolf-bomination was
added to both pledge levels; four KickStarter Exclusive N.P.C. zombies based on
Snow White was added to both pledge levels; twenty N.P.C. spawn cards was added
to both pledge levels; four KickStarter Exclusive pope based N.P.C. zombies was
added to both pledge levels; four nurse N.P.C. zombies was added to both pledge
levels; a Abominotaur with spawn cards and Broken Wall tokens; four moor N.P.C.
zombies was added to both pledge levels; four dwarf N.P.C. zombies was added to
both pledge levels; a dice bag was added to both pledge levels; a dice tower
was added to both pledge levels; both the Adrian Smith and Carl Critchlow
(Thrud the Barbarian) Special Guest Boxes for Zombicide Black Plague were added
as add-ons; a pack of six Bone custom dice as an add-on; and an extra tiles
pack as an add-on.

The stretch goals that are still going as I post this
are: The KickStarter exclusive survivor
Paul will be added to both pledge levels at $1.58m.

Now for the Demigods Rising news. They are back to
KickStarter to fund their new resins due to problems with the original people
doing them for them. There are two main levels, plus two upgrade levels which I
have explained in a past post. However Gold will also include the new stretch
goals.

Since starting they have managed to unlock: Funded the new resins; and the fifth Demigod
Divine Knight from Awaken Realms.

The stretch goals that are still going as I post this
are: The sixth Demigod Angel of Song from
Angelarium at $30k.

Next is the Dragon Tides news. We got images this week
of the new render of Blackbird figure. They re-posed it to be more like the art
work.

Now for the Journey: Wrath of Daemons news. Wave one
should be shipping from China to the Hubs soon. The only eta we have is that
the US (not the hub or backers) is estimated to arrive on July 13th.

Next is the Last Saga news. Metal production has
started and is going well.

Now for the “Anime Miniatures” KickStarter news. The
pledge manager is now up.

Lastly there is the new version Paranoia news. They
are behind schedule and this is by the look of things due to the same problem
all KickStarter RPGs suffer from, artwork.

“KickStarter Dates”

·Wave two of “Kings
of War Second Edition” (July 2015), wave two of “Robotech RPG Tactics”
(December 2013), wave two of “Journey Wrath of Daemons” (July 2014), “Mekton
Zero” (digital December 2013, physical March 2015) and wave two of “Shadows of
Brimstone” (August 2014) have all been delay due to problems and currently have
no dates on when these will start shipping.

·“Half-Orc
Adventures” (May 2015) has been shipped or is shipping.

·“Slaughterball”,
wave one of “Super Dungeon Explore: The Forgotten King” (January 2015) for Asia
and Zeeland, wave two of “Super Dungeon Explore: The Forgotten King” (January
2015) and wave three of “DreadBall Xtreme” (November 2014) should be shipping
this month.

·The “Zero Agents”
KickStarter will end on the 19th of June 2015

·The PDFs for
“Paranoia” (May 2015), wave one of “Journey Wrath of Daemons" (July 2014),
“Last Saga” (November 2014), “Kingdom Death Monster” (Dec 2013), “Mechabrick”
(April 2014), “Battle Systems Fantasy Dungeon Terrain”, wave one of “Yashima:
Legend of the Kami Master”, wave one of “Kings of War Second Edition” and
“Exploding Kittens” all should ship in July 2015.

·The “Demigods
Evolution” KickStarter will end on the 7th of July 2015

·The “Zombicide
Black Plague” KickStarter will end on the 7th of July 2015

·On Tuesdays at
Wargames Workshop MK it is Card games night (or is it just Magic the
Gathering).

·On Thursdays York
House in Stony Stratford is open from Wargamers and Boardgamers.

·On Fridays at
Wargames Workshop MK it is Friday Night Magic.

·On Sundays, Wargames
Workshop MK is now open. It will be for role-play and board games day on every
Sunday apart from the last Sunday of the month which will be a card games day
(Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic and Cardfight Vanguard).

·On Saturday the 18th
of July 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Star Wars X-Wing tournament at
Wargames Workshop MK.

·On Sunday the 19th
of July 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Steam Roller Warmachine/Hordes
tournament at Wargames Workshop Northampton.

·On Saturday the 1st
of August 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Steam Roller
Warmachine/Hordes tournament at Wargames Workshop MK.

Wargames Workshop MK has a £2 gaming fee or £4 with a
pack of Magic the Gathering cards unless it is a paid tournament run by
Guardians of Tyr (not including High Command). Weekday events normally start
“playing” at 7PM.

For rules for Guardians of Tyr tournaments and leagues
as well as information on pre booking your place in tournament. Pre booking is
highly recommended so they know how many people are coming. So please go to
their website which there is a link to it under my links section which are
located on the right hand side of this blog.

York House has a £3 on the day gaming fee and a £5 fee
for a year’s membership. However the first day is free and they only take
yearly membership fee at the start of the year. The Hall officially opens at
7PM, but normally people start arrived 15 to 20 minutes early.

“Painting and Converting”

This post I have for you two more Free Agent and four Strike
Posts from DreadBall Xtreme.